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DIRE STRAITS--BROTHERS IN ARMS (2LP'S 45RPM)-1985-ORIGINAL PRESS 2014 USA-MOFI-MFSL 2-441. .A rare audiophile edition of the iconic album on two records recorded at 45 speed.. Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on May 17, 1985 on Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Brothers in Arms spent a total of 14 consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Albums chart (including ten consecutive weeks from January 18 to March 22, 1986), nine consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 in the US, and 34 consecutive weeks at number one on the Australian Albums chart. It was the first album to receive a tenfold platinum certification in the UK[6] and became the eighth best-selling album in the history of the British charts. It has been certified nine times platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and is one of the best-selling albums in the world, selling over 30 million copies worldwide.[8][9][10] To promote the album, Dire Straits embarked on the Brothers in Arms Tour, which ran from 1985 to 1986.  The album won a Grammy Award in 1986 in the category "Best Non-Classical Album in terms of Sound Engineering" and was recognized as the Best British Album at the Brit Awards in 1987; the 20th anniversary reissue of the album won another Grammy Award in 2006 in the category "Best Surround Sound Album". In 2020, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Brothers in Arms at number 418 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time." Q magazine ranked it 51st in its list of the "100 Greatest British Albums of All Time". ...more

ABBA-VOYAGE-2021-THE FIRST EU/USA PRESS-POLAR-602438614813. A rare original on black vinyl released after a 40-year hiatus. Voyage is the ninth and final studio album by the Swedish pop band ABBA, released on November 5, 2021. The album includes ten songs written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. This is the band's first album with new material in forty years. Voyage debuted at the top of the charts in Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It also became the band's most popular studio album in Canada and the United States (as well as their first album to reach the top ten in the latter country), debuting at number two on the charts of both countries. The album was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards in 2023, as well as for "I Still Have Faith in You" and "Don't Shut Me Down": the former was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards in 2022. This year (the band's first Grammy nomination), and the second — for "Record of the Year" and "Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group" at the Grammy Awards in 2023.[12] The album has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. ...more

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-SAME-1968-FIRST PRESS UK-LIBERTY-LBS83259 Rare British original of the cult album. Creedence Clearwater Revival is the debut studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released on May 28, 1968. The album was first certified gold by the RIAA on December 16, 1970, and then went platinum twenty years later on December 13, 1990 ...more

MERCURY, FREDDIE-the ALBUM-1992-FIRST UK PRESS-PARLOPHONE  077778099918. Very rare British original .The Freddie Mercury Album is a compilation, a posthumous solo project with material frontman and vocalist of the band QUEEN released on November 16, 1992. The album reached fourth place on the UK singles chart and remained in this position for 14 weeks, receiving gold status.The album includes remixes of the latest released songs, as well as Barcelona original song , "Love Kills", "Exercises In Free Love" and a cover version of the song "the Great Pretender".The collection consists of 11 solo songs , performed them throughout his solo career and tracks from the album "Mr. Bad Guy", remixed for this special edition. ...more

SANDRA-LONG PLAY-1985-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-VIRGIN-207356. A rare original of the cult disco album. The Long Play is the debut studio album by German singer Sandra, released on November 11, 1985 by Virgin Records. The album was a great commercial success and spawned Sandra's signature number one single "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena", as well as the international top five single"In the Heat of the Night". ...more